Quote Originally Posted by cher1 View Post
I don't think sacking someone because you think someone else will do better in future is brave or innovative. It's what every owner does (although sacking someone when they may have got you promoted might be foolhardy). I do think that they are buying themselves time and potentially goodwill by frequently reminding supporters they are playing a long game.

Supporters are an impatient lot though, and in reality don't want long term success, they want it right now, bugger tomorrow. And that might be an issue for the brothers.
Which is why doing it now, when the supporters aren’t there, makes a lot of sense. It’s a change in management model that was pretty much inevitable from the moment they took over, the most surprising thing is that they gave it 18 months of a more traditional management set up before doing it.